“The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.”

My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.

It’s not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there’s a pretty good chance you’d call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.

By the time we made “Abbey Road”, John and I were openly critical of each other’s music, and I felt John wasn’t much interested in performing anything he hadn’t written himself.

When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.

For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.

What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.

One may not eat what has a face.

My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.

If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.

Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.

Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.

We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.

Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

Slamming the book shut produces a wind on the face, a weather that is copyrighted by the author, and this wind may not be deployed without permission, nor may the pages be turned without express written permission.

Weather creates character.

Extreme weather events continue to grow more frequent and intense in rich and poor countries alike, not only devastating lives, but also infrastructure, institutions, and budgets – an unholy brew which can create dangerous security vacuums.

Sometimes I think he’s the kind of friend that grownups call a ‘fair-weather friend.’ That means when everything’s going smoothly, he’s the best friend a guy could want. But as soon as something goes wrong…(he) sort of turns on you.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.